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Subject: Re: To NON-believers in EGTB benefits... (a better example)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:17:14 11/21/05

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On November 21, 2005 at 11:29:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 21, 2005 at 03:25:07, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 21, 2005 at 02:38:09, Mike Hood wrote:
>>
>>>The following position is a better example of the usefulness of endgame
>>>tablebases. The only winning move for White is Rg6. I allowed Fruit 2.1 (without
>>>tablebases) 10 minutes for a search.
>>
>>This example show the negative value of EGTB
>>
>>How much time does your program need to find Kxb3 that is the only practical
>>chance to save the game
>
>Black is dead lost.  Why would this matter???

Kxb3 gives practical chances for a draw if the opponent is human or computer
that does not use EGTB.

Uri



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